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Wikipedia articles used as evidence in arguments

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1501
Relativistic kill vehicle
en.wikipedia.org20151 submissionHN thread
38 pts
52 cmts
1502
CD-i games from The Legend of Zelda series
Zelda Games on the Philips CD-i
en.wikipedia.org2011–20191 submissionHN thread
38 pts
51 cmts
3 people
1503
Wikipedia:Deletion review
Could folks please help me get DigitalOcean onto wikipedia? (deleted thrice)
en.wikipedia.org2011–20261 submissionHN thread
38 pts
41 cmts
11 people
1504
Outer Space Treaty
en.wikipedia.org2009–20264 submissionsHN thread
38 pts
15 cmts
56 people
1505
Birthday problem
The Birthday Paradox
en.wikipedia.org2009–202617 submissionsHN thread
38 pts
9 cmts
109 people
1506
Sony BMG copy protection rootkit scandal
Sony BMG Rootkit Scandal
en.wikipedia.org2011–20268 submissionsHN thread
38 pts
3 cmts
146 people
1507
Hyatt Regency walkway collapse
Hyatt Regency Walkway Collapse
en.wikipedia.org2010–20267 submissionsHN thread
38 pts
3 cmts
41 people
1508
AI effect
AI Effect
en.wikipedia.org2010–202617 submissionsHN thread
38 pts
2 cmts
112 people
1509
Fallacies of distributed computing
Fallacies of Distributed Computing
en.wikipedia.org2013–202618 submissionsHN thread
38 pts
2 cmts
59 people
1510
R3000
MIPS R3000
en.wikipedia.org20191 submissionHN thread
37 pts
59 cmts
1511
Binaural beats
en.wikipedia.org2009–20173 submissionsHN thread
37 pts
46 cmts
9 people
1512
Neo Geo %28system%29
Neo Geo System
en.wikipedia.org20151 submissionHN thread
37 pts
36 cmts
1513
Democracy Index
Democracy Distribution of the World
en.wikipedia.org2008–20234 submissionsHN thread
37 pts
20 cmts
99 people
1514
Law of triviality
Law of Triviality
en.wikipedia.org2016–202618 submissionsHN thread
37 pts
6 cmts
95 people
1515
Collatz conjecture
The Hailstone Sequence
en.wikipedia.org2008–202618 submissionsHN thread
37 pts
3 cmts
50 people
1516
WinFS
en.wikipedia.org2008–20256 submissionsHN thread
37 pts
2 cmts
75 people
1517
Defenestration
en.wikipedia.org2009–20261 submissionHN thread
36 pts
54 cmts
6 people
1518
IBM Selectric
IBM Selectric Typewriter
en.wikipedia.org2013–20262 submissionsHN thread
36 pts
34 cmts
6 people
1519
Tree shaking
Tree Shaking
en.wikipedia.org2021–20251 submissionHN thread
36 pts
33 cmts
4 people
1520
Operation Paperclip
en.wikipedia.org2010–202615 submissionsHN thread
36 pts
2 cmts
82 people
1521
United States involvement in regime change
en.wikipedia.org2016–20261 submissionHN thread
35 pts
15 cmts
121 people
1522
Negative income tax
en.wikipedia.org2010–20263 submissionsHN thread
35 pts
12 cmts
55 people
1523
Principle of least astonishment
Principle of Least Astonishment
en.wikipedia.org2008–20267 submissionsHN thread
35 pts
12 cmts
64 people
1524
Nirvana fallacy
Nirvana fallacy (Perfect solution fallacy)
en.wikipedia.org2011–20268 submissionsHN thread
35 pts
8 cmts
79 people
1525
Fermi paradox
en.wikipedia.org2008–202619 submissionsHN thread
35 pts
6 cmts
107 people
1526
Ted Kaczynski
en.wikipedia.org2011–20264 submissionsHN thread
35 pts
6 cmts
45 people
1527
Minitel
en.wikipedia.org2008–202610 submissionsHN thread
35 pts
2 cmts
64 people
1528
Great horse manure crisis of 1894
The Great Horse Manure Crisis of 1894: predictions of 9 feet of manure in cities
en.wikipedia.org2019–20263 submissionsHN thread
34 pts
55 cmts
12 people
1529
Grinding (gaming)
The repetitive and boring gameplay in WoW is probably intentional.
en.wikipedia.org20101 submissionHN thread
34 pts
37 cmts
1530
Gopher (protocol)
Why Gopher lost to HTML
en.wikipedia.org2009–20265 submissionsHN thread
34 pts
18 cmts
58 people
1531
X Window System
X Window System: Principles
en.wikipedia.org2010–20262 submissionsHN thread
34 pts
12 cmts
50 people
1532
Hanlon%27s razor
Hanlon's Razor
en.wikipedia.org2009–202616 submissionsHN thread
34 pts
4 cmts
196 people
1533
Lysenkoism
en.wikipedia.org2013–202611 submissionsHN thread
34 pts
3 cmts
68 people
1534
Late Bronze Age collapse
Late Bronze Age Collapse
en.wikipedia.org2014–20268 submissionsHN thread
34 pts
1 cmts
42 people
1535
Nikon F-mount
Nikon F-Mount
en.wikipedia.org2010–20221 submissionHN thread
33 pts
78 cmts
2 people
1536
2009 flu pandemic in the United States
en.wikipedia.org20201 submissionHN thread
33 pts
76 cmts
1 person
1537
Knowledge argument
The knowledge argument
en.wikipedia.org2014–20262 submissionsHN thread
33 pts
54 cmts
22 people
1538
.an
.an, the TLD that ceased to exist
en.wikipedia.org2019–20241 submissionHN thread
33 pts
40 cmts
2 people
1539
Scientism
en.wikipedia.org2012–20255 submissionsHN thread
33 pts
36 cmts
28 people
1540
Non-compete clause
en.wikipedia.org2009–20242 submissionsHN thread
33 pts
6 cmts
49 people
1541
International Fixed Calendar
en.wikipedia.org2009–202616 submissionsHN thread
33 pts
3 cmts
47 people
1542
Kolmogorov complexity
Kolmogorov Complexity
en.wikipedia.org2007–202614 submissionsHN thread
33 pts
2 cmts
134 people
1543
First Council of Nicaea
en.wikipedia.org2014–20241 submissionHN thread
32 pts
51 cmts
5 people
1544
Nepal Standard Time
en.wikipedia.org20151 submissionHN thread
32 pts
51 cmts
1545
L%C3%B6rdagsgodis
Lördagsgodis (Saturday Sweets)
en.wikipedia.org20251 submissionHN thread
32 pts
47 cmts
1546
Lanai
Larry Ellison Owns 98% of Lanai Island, Hawaii
en.wikipedia.org2012–20241 submissionHN thread
32 pts
42 cmts
8 people
1547
Gini coefficient
en.wikipedia.org2010–20266 submissionsHN thread
32 pts
19 cmts
62 people
1548
Boiling frog
Boiling Frog
en.wikipedia.org2010–20268 submissionsHN thread
32 pts
15 cmts
106 people
1549
Shor%27s algorithm
Shor's algorythm
en.wikipedia.org2009–202611 submissionsHN thread
32 pts
7 cmts
47 people
1550
Whitespace (programming language)
Whitespace programming language
en.wikipedia.org2009–20267 submissionsHN thread
32 pts
5 cmts
50 people